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Trends for the Last 5 Years
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Composite Score
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Children in Care 17+ Months and Adopted in < 12 Months
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Children Legally Free for Adoption and Discharged to a Permanent Home
Children in Care 3+ Years and Discharged to Independent Living or turned 18
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2 or Fewer Placements
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More than 6 Placements
Overall Total
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
Total
%
State
1689
87.83%
201
10.45%
24
1.24%
9
0.46%
1923
Adams County
41
89.13%
4
8.69%
1
2.17%
0
0.00%
46
Ainsworth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Albion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alliance
1
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
1
Antelope County
15
83.33%
2
11.11%
1
5.55%
0
0.00%
18
Arthur County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Auburn
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Banner County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Beatrice
31
88.57%
4
11.42%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
35
Bellevue
186
85.32%
28
12.84%
3
1.37%
1
0.45%
218
Blaine County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Blair
19
86.36%
3
13.63%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
22
Boone County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Box Butte County
19
79.16%
4
16.66%
0
0.00%
1
4.16%
24
Boyd County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bridgeport
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Broken Bow
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Brown County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Buffalo County
69
89.61%
8
10.38%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
77
Burt County
7
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Butler County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Cass County
6
85.71%
1
14.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Cedar County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Center
11
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Central
252
88.11%
32
11.18%
2
0.69%
0
0.00%
286
Chadron
19
90.47%
2
9.52%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
21
Chase County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Cherry County
4
80.00%
1
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Cheyenne County
13
92.85%
0
0.00%
1
7.14%
0
0.00%
14
Clay Center
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Clay County
8
80.00%
2
20.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Colfax County
11
91.66%
1
8.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Columbus
48
88.88%
4
7.40%
2
3.70%
0
0.00%
54
Cozad
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Crete
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cuming County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Custer County
15
75.00%
5
25.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
20
Dakota City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dakota County
12
92.30%
1
7.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
David City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dawes County
10
71.42%
3
21.42%
0
0.00%
1
7.14%
14
Dawson County
36
90.00%
3
7.50%
1
2.50%
0
0.00%
40
Deuel County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dixon County
11
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Dodge County
90
88.23%
10
9.80%
2
1.96%
0
0.00%
102
Douglas County
466
82.77%
82
14.56%
11
1.95%
4
0.71%
563
Dundy County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Eastern
594
84.73%
89
12.69%
12
1.71%
6
0.85%
701
Fairbury
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Falls City
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Fillmore County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Franklin County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Fremont
80
86.95%
10
10.86%
2
2.17%
0
0.00%
92
Frontier County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Furnas County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Gage County
8
72.72%
3
27.27%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
11
Garden County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Garfield County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Geneva
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gering
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Gosper County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Grand Island
70
80.45%
15
17.24%
2
2.29%
0
0.00%
87
Grant County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Greeley County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Hall County
62
87.32%
9
12.67%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
71
Hamilton County
4
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
4
Harlan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hastings
52
88.13%
7
11.86%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
59
Hayes County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hebron
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hitchcock County
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Holdrege
10
83.33%
2
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Holt County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Hooker County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Howard County
13
92.85%
0
0.00%
1
7.14%
0
0.00%
14
Imperial
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Jefferson County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
Johnson County
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Judicial District 1
38
90.47%
4
9.52%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
42
Judicial District 2
145
92.94%
9
5.76%
1
0.64%
1
0.64%
156
Judicial District 3
216
89.62%
24
9.95%
0
0.00%
1
0.41%
241
Judicial District 4
466
82.77%
82
14.56%
11
1.95%
4
0.71%
563
Judicial District 5
130
91.54%
9
6.33%
3
2.11%
0
0.00%
142
Judicial District 6
141
89.80%
14
8.91%
2
1.27%
0
0.00%
157
Judicial District 7
92
89.32%
7
6.79%
3
2.91%
1
0.97%
103
Judicial District 8
40
85.10%
6
12.76%
1
2.12%
0
0.00%
47
Judicial District 9
131
88.51%
17
11.48%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
148
Judicial District 10
84
88.42%
10
10.52%
1
1.05%
0
0.00%
95
Judicial District 11
123
93.89%
7
5.34%
1
0.76%
0
0.00%
131
Judicial District 12
83
84.69%
12
12.24%
1
1.02%
2
2.04%
98
Kearney
97
92.38%
8
7.61%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
105
Kearney County
12
92.30%
1
7.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
Keith County
16
94.11%
1
5.88%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Keya Paha County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Kimball County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Knox County
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Lancaster County
216
89.62%
24
9.95%
0
0.00%
1
0.41%
241
Lavista
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Lexington
38
88.37%
4
9.30%
1
2.32%
0
0.00%
43
Lincoln
230
90.55%
24
9.44%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
254
Lincoln County
53
96.36%
2
3.63%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
55
Logan County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Loup County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Macy
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Madison County
51
89.47%
4
7.01%
1
1.75%
1
1.75%
57
McCook
14
93.33%
1
6.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
15
McPherson County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Merrick County
13
86.66%
1
6.66%
1
6.66%
0
0.00%
15
Morrill County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nance County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nebraska City
25
92.59%
2
7.40%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
27
Neligh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Nemaha County
6
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Niobrara
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Norfolk
77
88.50%
7
8.04%
2
2.29%
1
1.14%
87
North Platte
54
98.18%
1
1.81%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
55
Northern
339
89.92%
29
7.69%
8
2.12%
1
0.26%
377
Nuckolls County
5
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
5
O' Neill
13
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
Ogallala
12
92.30%
1
7.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
Omaha
396
84.25%
60
12.76%
9
1.91%
5
1.06%
470
Omaha Tribe - Nebr
8
88.88%
1
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Ord
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Otoe County
7
87.50%
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Papillion
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pawnee County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pender
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Perkins County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Phelps County
11
78.57%
3
21.42%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
14
Pierce
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pierce County
6
85.71%
1
14.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Platte County
25
89.28%
1
3.57%
2
7.14%
0
0.00%
28
Plattsmouth
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Polk County
12
92.30%
1
7.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
13
Red Willow County
2
66.66%
1
33.33%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Richardson County
2
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
2
Rock County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rushville
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Saline County
8
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
8
Santee Tribe - Nebr
3
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
3
Sarpy County
132
93.61%
7
4.96%
1
0.70%
1
0.70%
141
Saunders County
10
83.33%
2
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
12
Scotts Bluff County
32
88.88%
4
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
36
Scottsbluff
44
77.19%
10
17.54%
1
1.75%
2
3.50%
57
Seward
26
96.29%
1
3.70%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
27
Seward County
10
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Sheridan County
5
83.33%
1
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Sherman County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sidney
20
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
20
Sioux County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
South Sioux City
35
92.10%
2
5.26%
1
2.63%
0
0.00%
38
Southeast
286
90.50%
30
9.49%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
316
Stanton County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
State - Judicial District
1689
87.83%
201
10.45%
24
1.24%
9
0.46%
1923
Tecumseh
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Tekamah
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thayer County
6
85.71%
1
14.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Thomas County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Thurston County
15
88.23%
2
11.76%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
17
Valentine
10
100.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
10
Valley County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wahoo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Walthill
8
88.88%
1
11.11%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
9
Washington County
6
85.71%
1
14.28%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
7
Wayne
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Wayne County
7
87.50%
0
0.00%
1
12.50%
0
0.00%
8
Webster County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
West Point
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Western
202
89.77%
19
8.44%
2
0.88%
2
0.88%
225
Wheeler County
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Winnebago
5
83.33%
1
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
Winnebago Tribe - Nebr
5
83.33%
1
16.66%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
6
York
43
93.47%
2
4.34%
1
2.17%
0
0.00%
46
York County
36
92.30%
3
7.69%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
39